@boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoFish are shrinking around the world. The average body weight of nearly three-quarters of marine fish populations sampled dropped between 1960 and 2020, a recent study suggests.www.washingtonpost.commessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down12
arrow-up1137arrow-down1external-linkFish are shrinking around the world. The average body weight of nearly three-quarters of marine fish populations sampled dropped between 1960 and 2020, a recent study suggests.www.washingtonpost.com@boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-square@trxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish21•5 months agoVery possible, but with all things happening it’s pretty hard to be sure it’s that and not fish growing less because they’re being poisoned by microplastics.
minus-squareenkerslinkfedilinkEnglish7•5 months agoFor sure. That’s probably just a +1 on to the factors you already listed.
minus-square@trxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoI would list that under overfishing
Very possible, but with all things happening it’s pretty hard to be sure it’s that and not fish growing less because they’re being poisoned by microplastics.
For sure. That’s probably just a +1 on to the factors you already listed.
I would list that under overfishing